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I couldnt get the links to work when I checked em for some reason - if you goto Cisco.com > Technical Support & Documentation > Security and VPN > Cisco PIX Firewall Software > Configuration Guides , this will give you all the configuration giudes for the PIX range!

Originally posted here by Ghost_25inf It has its own internal IP address and suppports DHCP for other computers so why isnt it a router?

internal IP 192.168.0.1
external 69.145.xxx.xxx

It isn't a router because it's a firewall... cisco makes several products.. Switches, Routers and Firewalls are the big three... they are all seperate products, however some have cross over functions (Layer 3 switches for example)..

A Pix is a firewall... it's designed to be a firewall.. it supports static routes and can learn through RIP but it can't send it's own RIP packets.

You don't generally buy a Pix to plug into a DSL or Cable modem... and have a small internal network, which is what you a describing, from the sounds of it... from the cisco side you'd be looking at the 800 series routers.

If you're dealing with one IP Address and no need for an actual router, then I suppose you can make the Pix work, however it still doesn't seem like the best idea... especially if you've never worked with them before... Have you asked them why they've decided to go with a hardware firewall and not a router.. even if it was just a crappy linksys...

you're going to have to define your NAT pool, and then setup your translations... It's definately not something that I would recommend doing.

Peace,
HT

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Well to tell you the truth I think they want me to understand cisco in general. the firewall was purchased for me to learn, from there we have clients that have cisco routers that we need to configure. Once I learn the firewall we will sell it to a customer to add to there network for security reasons. thank you for the clerifaction on the differences of a firewall and router. wasnt getting snotty about your post just need to understand the differences.

Originally posted here by Ghost_25inf Well to tell you the truth I think they want me to understand cisco in general. the firewall was purchased for me to learn, from there we have clients that have cisco routers that we need to configure. Once I learn the firewall we will sell it to a customer to add to there network for security reasons. thank you for the clerifaction on the differences of a firewall and router. wasnt getting snotty about your post just need to understand the differences.

It's all good... If they really want you to learn, get them to get you an 800 series... or a old 2500... even a 2600... prolly the 2600 would be better... bu tthe 800's are nice to learn on... and nice to sell to small businesses...

Because there's a huge difference in command sets... also though... Cisco's not really a small business type name... (not sure on the size of your clients)... that's why they acquired linksys to give them the SoHo/Home User business... but you'll definately want to find some sort of cisco router (or get them to buy you Boson RouterSim to play with)... because there are many differences between a cisco router and a pix

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